邓超教授与钟志远教授合作在Acta Biomaterialia 上发表研究论文
Robust, active tumor-targeting and fast bioresponsive anticancer nanotherapeutics based on natural endogenous materials

Bingfeng Sun,Chao Deng*(邓超),Fenghua Meng,Jian Zhang,Zhiyuan Zhong*(钟志远)

Biomedical Polymers Laboratory, and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China

Acta BiomaterialiaVolume45, November2016, Pages 223–233

The clinical success of cancer nanomedicines critically depends on availability of simple, safe and highly efficient nanocarriers. Here, we report that robust and multifunctional nanoparticles self-assembled from hyaluronic acid-g-poly(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)-lipoic acid conjugates achieve a remarkably high loading (up to 25.8 wt.%) and active targeted delivery of doxorubicin (DOX) to human breast tumor xenograftin vivo. DOX-loaded nanoparticles following auto-crosslinking (DOX-CLNPs) are highly stable with little drug leakage under physiological conditions while quickly release ca. 92% DOX in 30 h under a cytoplasmic-mimicking reductive environment. Thein vitroassays reveal that DOX-CLNPs possess a superior selectivity and antitumor activity to clinically used pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX-LPs) in CD44 receptor overexpressing MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Strikingly, DOX-CLNPs exhibit a superb tolerated dose of over 100 mg DOX equiv./kg, which is more than 5 times higher than DOX-LPs, and an extraordinary breast tumor accumulation of 8.6%ID/g in mice. Thein vivotherapeutic studies in MCF-7 human breast tumor-bearing nude mice show that DOX-CLNPs effectively inhibit tumor growth, improve survival rate, and significantly decrease adverse effects as compared to DOX-LPs. DOX-CLNPs based on natural endogenous materials with high drug loading, great stability and CD44-targetability are highly promising for precision cancer chemotherapy.

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